The Rabbit is the fourth of the twelve branches
The Rabbit is someone whose birth-year branch is 卯. 卯 is the fourth of the twelve earthly branches, and when the twelve characters are set in a circle it sits directly opposite 酉 (the Rooster).
The line that the compatibility result shows for a Rabbit person is: "Gentle and perceptive. Knows how to go around rather than collide." This line has nothing to do with the relationship scores and does not affect the scores below.
The twelve zodiac animals at a glance
Each of the other animals is set against the Rabbit in turn. Only the pairs this service recognises as harmonies are written as relationships; everything else is neutral.
| Other animal | Relationship | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Rat (子) | Neutral | 68 |
| Ox (丑) | Neutral | 68 |
| Tiger (寅) | Neutral | 68 |
| Rabbit (卯) | Same branch | 72 |
| Dragon (辰) | Neutral | 68 |
| Snake (巳) | Neutral | 68 |
| Horse (午) | Neutral | 68 |
| Sheep (未) | Half triad | 88 |
| Monkey (申) | Discord | 52 |
| Rooster (酉) | Clash | 45 |
| Dog (戌) | Six-Harmony | 90 |
| Pig (亥) | Half triad | 88 |
Dog — the pair that attracts (Six-Harmony)
卯 and 戌 form a harmony with only two characters. A six-harmony is the good relationship that appears most often in compatibility, and the Rabbit and the Dog score 90, the highest the Rabbit can get.
Sheep and Pig — a half triad that includes the royal branch
亥卯未 is one triad group (the wood group), and 卯 is the royal branch at its centre. Inyeon-Link accepts only pairs that include the royal branch, so the Rabbit forms a half triad (88) with both the Sheep and the Pig.
The Pig and the Sheep together, on the other hand, lack the central character 卯, so they are not counted as a harmony and are treated as neutral. Even within one triad group, it is the Rabbit that makes the half triad.
Rooster — the head-on collision (Clash)
卯 and 酉 sit directly opposite each other on the circle. This service keeps 45 points even for a clash. In traditional myeongri a clash is a collision, not the end of a relationship, and giving a score near the floor would amount to pronouncing a verdict on two people. Even so, it is the lowest score the Rabbit can receive.
Monkey — the quiet discord (Discord)
卯 and 申 sit right next to 酉 (the Rooster), the clash position, and are traditionally seen as a pair who resent each other yet cannot part. It looks calm on the surface, but the misalignment is believed to last, so it gets 52 — higher than a clash (45) and lower than neutral (68).
The other 6 animals, and the Rabbit with another Rabbit
The Rat, Ox, Tiger, Dragon, Snake and Horse are neither a harmony, a clash nor a discord with the Rabbit: they are neutral and score 68. They are the baseline, neither good nor bad.
Two Rabbit people score 72. It means they resemble each other, not that they attract, so it sits just above neutral.
What share of the final match rate this score takes
There are two places where two people's branches are set side by side.
- Zodiac compatibility looks at the branch of the birth year. It takes 30% of the final match rate.
- Day branch compatibility looks at the branch of the birth day. It takes 20% of the saju compatibility (70%), which is 14% of the final match rate.
For example, when a Rabbit person meets a Rooster person, zodiac compatibility gives a clash. If everything else is equal, the final match rate comes out 6.9 points lower than with a neutral pair. With a Dog person it is a six-harmony, and the rate comes out 6.6 points higher.
Year and day branches can differ. Two Rabbit people whose day branches are 卯 and 酉 get the same branch (72) in zodiac compatibility and a clash (45) in day branch compatibility.